内部但不是外部的建筑设计与更多的职业体力活动有关
Jacob Gallagher1, Lucas J Carr1
1Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
HERD
|August 8, 2023
概括
建筑内部的设计特征鼓励身体活动,并减少全职工人的久坐行为. 改善工作场所设计可以在工作日内带来更多的运动和更少的坐姿.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 环境心理学环境心理学
- 行为科学是一种行为科学.
背景情况:
- 关于建筑内部设计如何影响身体活动的研究有限.
- 了解这些关系对于促进更健康的工作环境至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查建筑内部设计特征与身体活动之间的关联.
- 检查建筑设计与工人的久坐行为之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 114名全职员工在4个工作日内佩戴活动监测器.
- 参与者完成了关于工作场所设计特征和办公桌类型的调查.
- 一般线性模型分析了设计特征与活动/久坐时间之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 在内部设计得分和职业体力活动之间发现了积极的关联.
- 每一个额外的内部设计特征与每小时64.5步的增加相关.
- 办公桌上工作的员工表现出明显较低的步骤/小时和更长的坐时间.
结论:
- 工作场所的内部设计特征可以促进增加体力活动.
- 这些特征可能有助于减少工作时间内的久坐时间.
- 建议进行进一步的纵向研究,以确认设计修改的影响.
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